Title
The effects of interactive brand placements in online games on children's cognitive, affective, and conative brand responses
Abstract
This study investigated how persuasive messages integrated in an online game affects children's cognitive, affective, and conative responses to the brand, as well as their attitude toward the game itself. An experiment conducted among 2453 girls between the ages of 11 and 17 demonstrated that confrontation with interactive brand placement in the game resulted in more positive attitudes toward the game, higher top of mind awareness of the brand, more positive brand images, and more favorable behavioral intentions. In addition, consistent with persuasion literature and theories on child development, this study showed that there was a three-way interaction effect between exposure to the brand placement, age, and prior brand use for behavioral intentions. The youngest girls who had no prior experience with the brand were more strongly influenced by the brand placement than the oldest girls who had no prior brand experience.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.006
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Brand placement,In-game advertising,Online games,Interactivity
Social psychology,Interactivity,Conation,Persuasion,Child development,Trademark,Psychology,Affect (psychology),Cognition
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
6
Computers in Human Behavior
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.63
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eva A. Van Reijmersdal1322.47
JEROEN JANSZ214217.20
Oscar Peters31509.50
Guda Van Noort4535.24